Optimal Treatment of 6-Dimethylaminopurine Enhances the In Vivo Development of Canine Embryos by Rapid Initiation of DNA Synthesis

Artificial activation of oocytes is an important step for successful parthenogenesis and somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). Here, we investigated the initiation of DNA synthesis and in vivo development of canine PA embryos and cloned embryos produced by treatment with 1.9 mM 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP) for different lengths of time. For experiments, oocytes for parthenogenesis and SCNT oocytes were cultured for 4 min in 10 μM calcium ionophore, and then divided into 2 groups: (1) culture for 2 h in 6-DMAP (DMAP-2h group); (2) culture for 4 h in DMAP (DMAP-4h group). DNA synthesis was clearly detected in all parthenogenetic (PA) embryos and cloned embryos incorporated BrdU 4 h after activation in DMAP-2h and DMAP-4h groups. In vivo development of canine parthenogenetic fetuses was observed after embryo transfer and the implantation rates of PA embryos in DMAP-2h were 34%, which was significantly higher than those in DMAP-4h (6.5%, p < 0.05). However, in SCNT, there was no significant difference in pregnancy rate (DMAP-2h: 41.6% vs. DMAP-4h: 33.3%) and implantation rates (DMAP-2h: 4.94% vs. DMAP-4h: 3.19%) between DMAP-2h and DMAP-4h. In conclusion, the use of DMAP-2h for canine oocyte activation may be ideal for the in vivo development of PA zygotes, but it was not more effective in in vivo development of canine reconstructed SCNT oocytes. The present study demonstrated that DMAP-2h treatment on activation of canine parthenogenesis and SCNT could effectively induce the onset of DNA synthesis during the first cell cycle.

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